Everybody misses the point here. It’s not up to Khmers to judge whether the word is racist or not but up to Vietnamese. And almost every single Vietnamese of the Phnom Penh community agrees that this word is an insult. Same as N-word in US. If Khmers find the word Cao Mien or whatever Vietnamese use to designate Khmers offensive they have full write to complain and demand use of Kho Me or Khmer whichever is more appropriate. What’s the fuck wrong with you guys bringing an old dictionary for quotation? Is that dictionary has words like “cellphone” or “internet”? Language and the words have tendency to change and the word Y**n already changed its meaning and its meaning now an insult to Vietnamese. Yes, it was used to describe Vietnamese and was the only word in use until recent. BUT NOW IT CHANGED. Now there’s word VIETNAM and the more Khmers insist on using Y##n the more Westerners will see it as a clear racist sign. It’s that simple!
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